Kilroot Power Station is a coal, oil and Biomass fueled power station on the north shore of Belfast Lough at Kilroot near Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland. The station generates 520 megawatts (MW) of electricity from dual coal and oil fuelled generators. Since the privatisation of Nortern Ireland Electricity in 1992, the power station has been owned by the AES Corporation. It is the only coal fired power station operating in Northern Ireland, and produces one third of the country's electricity. It is also one of the county's top 100 employers